The Roboticist Chronicles

In this episode of The Roboticist Chronicles, we take a trip to downtown Houston where we visit John S. Egbert of Egbert, McDaniel & Swartz. John joins Dan for this installment of Dan's Business Secrets to discuss patent law. John and Dan have been in business with each other for well over 25 years cumulating in four patents and two trademarks.  

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The Roboticist Chronicles Podcast: Dan's Business Secrets Episode 00

I have been an entrepreneur since 1983. Historically 90% of start-ups fail. I have yet to bankrupt one (knock on wood). People ask me how I did it. So we are going to do a series on Dan's Business Secrets or Dan's BS for short.

Since I learn from others I will have numerous guests on the podcast. I will host experts on leadership, banking, insurance, law, technology, and even how to buy electricity. All of them are both friends and mentors. They will share with you the same things they taught me.

But this first episode is my laundry list, stream of consciousness catalog of topics that I plan on exploring in future episodes.

I hope you enjoy it. When you are 64 years old I hope you will have as many good memories of struggles, successes, and failures as I have.

ARC Specialties thrives on problems, send us yours!

- Dan Allford

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Join your favorite roboticist as he sits down with Bruce Arnold, President of Advanced American Technology Inc..  Advanced American Technology does government contracting with the Department of Defense. Bruce Arnold, originally from Orange, Texas, has many years of experience in manufacturing engineering.

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Dan Allford welcomes Trey Parrish of Bird Dog Solutions LLC. to the team in today's episode. Trey Parrish' Owner/President of Bird Dog Industrial Solutions LLC., has been in or around the welding industry for 20+ years and met Dan during a company turn-around on the west coast. This merger will help ARC Specialties introduce more automation into the oil and gas industry.

Trey Parrish
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This episode of The Roboticist Chronicles is brought to you from the show floor of FABTECH 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Dan sits down with his fellow exhibitors, BUG-O Systems, ATI, and XIRIS Automation, and discusses the tradeshow's state since the pandemic and what new exciting products and initiatives are on the horizon.

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On this week’s episode of The Roboticist Chronicles, Dan Allford is joined by Matthew Brinkman, President of Welding Consultants LLC.. 

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On this week’s episode of The Roboticist Chronicles, Dan Allford is joined by Cameron Serles, President of XIRIS Automation, Inc... As they talk about the history of arc video monitoring, the various technical applications involved, and how XIRIS does it differently, and why it is better.

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Join Gary Kowalski, Senior District Manager at FANUC AMERICA, and Dan Allford, President of ARC Specialties, as they reminisce on some of their past projects. They will go over some of their failure, successes, and proudest achievements in the robotics industry.

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